ducatilover's squidtastic pile of crap

[ducatilover]

gotta let the boys know somehow eh!

You have Honda.

That is all

[Conquiztador]

anyone else have ideas on how to make an old engine look new, get rid of all the black shit thats baked on

Kerosene and toothbrush. Use one of those plastic spray bottles that you can set to a mist spray. Spray on heaps. Then leave for a day. Use hot water from a hose with some pressure. Then get started with the toothbrush and some more kero if something left.

[ducatilover]

Light mount half done, just need to throw bolts through the clamps to tension them and get the file out and make 'em pretty.


Rear indicators are on, will get pics when the number plate and tail light mounts are sorted.

Another pic of how the dash is looking, just 'cos.

Will mount the front indicators too and fab up a front mount for the belly pan

[Fast Eddie]

Kerosene and toothbrush. Use one of those plastic spray bottles that you can set to a mist spray. Spray on heaps. Then leave for a day. Use hot water from a hose with some pressure. Then get started with the toothbrush and some more kero if something left.

cheers bro!, will get some kero when bunnings opens up again. This easter thing caught me by suprised and I didnt load up on what i needed for a DIY weekend. got window sills to sand and repaint too

[Fast Eddie]

bikes coming together now huh DL,

i recon it looks mint, the headlight, instruments sit nice and close together and sort of cover each other a bit so it looks tidy, at least in the pics. love the gauge cluster mod.

looks good...

can't wait til I have gold forks. they set it off haha

wheel rims are lookin a bit dull in the photos - get the polish out!

[avgas]

Very nice! I want to nick a set of flatsides for this bike.
Did your SP have a slipper clutch? I've seen a few L/M models with them installed, they were a seriously trick bit of kit back then.

Nah - just overthick lol.
I didn't know it had it until I took it to the night drags to found it slipped like a mother (against Tanks FZR400), I thought I had blown the shit out of it as the ride home was a top speed of 80kph, in top gear, full revs.
Got home opened her up to check the plate thickness to find they were above spec thickness (not below like I thought). Showed it to a few guys who raced them and they pointed out that it was in fact a race clutch.
So whole bike got a thorough clean and flush, then some good new oil. Never had the same issue again with slippage.

Suspect the previous owner being the knob stain he was thought was a cool idea to put motorUp in a wet clutch bike. Ah well.

Still miss that bike. Had so much shed fun time with her. But she would have killed me if I kept her - I was far to reckless back then.

I still have a soft spot for the ol' 400's.

[ducatilover]

bikes coming together now huh DL,

i recon it looks mint, the headlight, instruments sit nice and close together and sort of cover each other a bit so it looks tidy, at least in the pics. love the gauge cluster mod.

looks good...

can't wait til I have gold forks. they set it off haha

wheel rims are lookin a bit dull in the photos - get the polish out!

Cheers, yeah I'm trying to make it compact, simple and unique up the front.

Nah - just overthick lol.
I didn't know it had it until I took it to the night drags to found it slipped like a mother (against Tanks FZR400), I thought I had blown the shit out of it as the ride home was a top speed of 80kph, in top gear, full revs.
Got home opened her up to check the plate thickness to find they were above spec thickness (not below like I thought). Showed it to a few guys who raced them and they pointed out that it was in fact a race clutch.
So whole bike got a thorough clean and flush, then some good new oil. Never had the same issue again with slippage.

Suspect the previous owner being the knob stain he was thought was a cool idea to put motorUp in a wet clutch bike. Ah well.

Still miss that bike. Had so much shed fun time with her. But she would have killed me if I kept her - I was far to reckless back then.

I still have a soft spot for the ol' 400's.

Sounds like an interesting day on a ZXR!
Fuck yeah, I love the 400's, they were hella cool bikes.

Stand by for moar pics.

[ducatilover]

Headlight, indicators and tail light mounts are all sorted and pretty.
I can't stop looking at it, fap fap.


Might have another exhaust on the way soon, cross fingers please!
I am a fan of the GSX-R can, but I'm not sure if it fits the bike, IYKWIM

[ducatilover]

MOOOOREEEEE

[Fast Eddie]

MOOOOREEEEE

sweet, do you have 2 of the pipes like the one thats on the left? they look all good. cant go wrong with round or oval tho

[ducatilover]

sweet, do you have 2 of the pipes like the one thats on the left? they look all good. cant go wrong with round or oval tho

Just the one, but I may have a more suitable one in 2 minutes if some cunt will stop bidding on it

edit: I win, I has Moriwaki exhaust can, cheers Bogan

[Fast Eddie]

Just the one, but I may have a more suitable one in 2 minutes if some cunt will stop bidding on it

edit: I win, I has Moriwaki exhaust can, cheers Bogan

ooo Moriwaki! cool, goes well with the kawasaki too haha. pics..

[ducatilover]

Here be a pic of it on a Bros650 that has gold USD forks, because cool people do that and poofters have black/purple looking ones...

Bit of cutting and teh midpipe should slip right in (giggity)
It's rather similar looking to the one I had on my Bros650 actually...

[bogan]

that looks fookin mint, nice SF lines

[ducatilover]

Not bad for a guy with half vision eh?

Well, half in one eye (6/12 and 6/36 in the other, so that's one 8th by my reckoning...oops)

Got the brake splitter mounted 20mm lower so the lines reach nicely now.
Gotta pick up some new solder and flux, or flux wire, whatever, and wire the headlight/park light and front indimacators up.
Got to get an indicator relay that doesn't worry about load (trademe time) and that's the lights done!

Going to throw new seals (I love throwing seals, stinking fuckin' animals) at the brakes too, just because.


Then it's:
Fork rebuild and I think a leg needs a re-chrome.
Oil, coolant.
Brake fluids.
Shove the Pilot Power on the front.
Bling the rear rim
Smooth the paint.
Finish teh speedo.
Exhaust
mud guard (assuming it's a legal requirement)
Ride/crash and start all over again